The 2026 FT Innovative Lawyers Europe report, in which we explore key developments in the legal sector, is open for submissions. We are seeking entries that detail case studies of innovative work, in both the practice and the business of law, from law firms and in-house legal teams.
The most innovative submissions will be shortlisted for the accompanying FT Innovative Lawyers Europe awards event, which will be held on Thursday, September 24 at the Natural History Museum in London. The shortlisted submissions will be featured in the FT Innovative Lawyers report, published in print and online on Friday, September 25.
Submissions
Private practice categories
Law firms are invited to make a maximum of eight submissions across seven categories, not including the FT law firm index. Submissions will be assessed by the FT’s research partner, RSGI, using benchmarks, interviews, surveys and other research.
The three highest-scoring submissions across all the categories will comprise the firm’s innovation score in the overall FT law firm index. The FT law firm index will also be based on scores for a firm’s use of data and technology, social impact and people strategies. These latter scores will be based on answers to the law firm index questionnaire.
Practice of law: submissions are invited from teams working in any legal practice, with a specific example or case study that demonstrates an evolution in the practice of law. The submissions should show how lawyers have innovated within a legal practice, created new standards, bridged professional disciplines, applied new ideas and delivered outstanding outcomes for clients, with originality and impact.
Each firm can make a total of two practice of law submissions, in any of the following ca
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